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Quite a number of people are comparing President Trump's claim of a right to self-pardon to George III. In fact, Trump is asserting a much much greater power than George III ever imagined - a power for which Charles I lost his head and James II lost his throne ... more ...
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The Stuart monarchs asserted a "dispensing power" that permitted them to absolve individual subjects of the duty to comply with laws.
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This "dispensing power" was grievance number 6 in the famous Nineteen Propositions adopted by Parliament in 1642, leading to outright civil war.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)unblock
(52,255 posts)And that's exactly why they're putting sycophants in place.
lame54
(35,294 posts)Is an extremely flawed document
It is not going to get us out of this
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Be so wise and informed as you are.
Come join the Party of Laws and Common Sense. Please.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)you say Frum, Frum, Frum, Frum to the tune of Dragnet
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)but there aren't enough Frums. Dragnet works perfectly.
Qutzupalotl
(14,317 posts)kmla
(4,047 posts)lame54
(35,294 posts)bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)It, the open and theme, would be right for him. He seems to have gotten smart. Maybe?
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)That is subject to change once Trump is gone, but now he is spot on.
Me.
(35,454 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,191 posts)this was the time of the Cavaliers vs. the Roundheads
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Propositions
debsy
(530 posts)...figuratively speaking, of course!